Sunday, May 21, 2017

Last weekend was wonderful! It started with a nice evening out with our nephew, and then on Saturday morning Christopher made breakfast.

On Saturday evening we went out with family/friends Mel and Steve for sushi to celebrate their 35th birthdays, which are about a month apart.

We were so full after all-you-can-eat sushi, but later that evening we were craving something sweet, so I whipped up a couple mini chocolate cakes. We shared one, and saved the other for the next day.

Sunday's breakfast was a pan scrambler.

Christopher made that while I worked on double-chocolate merlot cookies for his mom, as part of her mothers' day gift.

I used black cocoa, which I don't usually use (I normally use ruddy red from Bulk Barn), and they still turned out well, but I think I prefer them with the red cocoa.

On Sunday afternoon we went to Christopher's parents' house for a visit, and to give his mom some mothers' day gifts. We had a lovely time catching up with them. It had been about two months since our last visit; I don't know how that happened!

That evening we made Asian pork noodles for dinner.

On Monday we made borscht. We used a ham bone to whip up a quick stock first, and then tossed in loads of veggies, and topped our bowls with sour cream and dill.

On Tuesday evening we had a dippy dinner. We grilled an eggplant for a while, and made baba ganoush. We also made raita, and some za'atar spiced pita chips.

On Wednesday we grilled shrimp, and enjoyed them with rice and salad.

We had a retirement gathering to attend on Thursday evening, and snacked a bit at that.

On Friday we picked up groceries after work, and then BBQd ribs, broccoli, and a rice/veggie mixture.

We are soaking up this gorgeous long weekend - more on that in the next post.